Dates July 24 (final) | Competitors 35 from 8 nations | |
Venue Franco-British Exhibition fencing grounds | ||
The men's team sabre was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the Hungarian team, who also took the top two medals in the individual sabre event.
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First round
Winners advanced, losers out. The team that was defeated by the eventual champions moved to the repechage.
Semifinals
Winners advanced to play for the gold medal, loser to eventual champion was sent to repechage.
Final
The winner received the gold medal, while the loser had to play the winner of the repechage in the silver medal match.
Repechage
Germany and Italy had been defeated by Hungary, the winner of the final, in the first two rounds. The two teams faced each other for the right to advance to the silver medal match against the loser of the final.
Silver medal match
The winner took the silver medal, with loser receiving bronze. The Bohemian team refused to play the match, arguing that as finalists they had already secured second place. The organizing committee awarded silver medals to Italy, relegating the Bohemian team to bronze medals.